Joint symposium with Oblon in Tokyo (9 Oct. 2024) and Osaka (10 Oct. 2024)

The Oblon and Maiwald firms are pleased to invite you to a complimentary joint international symposium on: U.S. and European Patent Practice: Important Aspects for Practitioners

to be presented in two convenient locations / dates:

1. Wednesday, 9 October 2024 at 13:00 JST at the AP Marunouchi, Tokyo
2. Thursday, 10 October 2024 at 13:00 JST at the OSTEC, Osaka

At the 2024 joint symposium, we will together examine selected current aspects of protecting innovations in the U.S. and in Europe considering both pre- and post-grant perspectives.

In particular, the symposium will address the following important topics for today’s practitioners:

1. The Unified Patent Court:  Experiences after the 1^st year in practice
2. U.S. practice on terminal disclaimers, including the recent proposed rules by the USPTO
3. New referral to the EPO’s Enlarged Board of Appeal on claim interpretation G 1/24
4. Claim Construction in the U.S.
5. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Life Sciences
6. Protecting AI inventions in the U.S.:  New USPTO Guidelines on AI inventions

• October 9 Registration:  https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/ja32z42
• October 10 Registration:  https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/ev/reg/96cage8